By Joanie Juster– Happy Holidays! As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, I find myself giving thanks for every holiday lights display that I see. No matter whether…
By Donna Sachet– Well, it has been quite a holiday season! Despite the spectre of COVID looming over the past two years, December burst to life with events both large…
By David Landis– “Aloha oe! Aloha oe! Until we meet again.” The famous lyrics to Hawaiian Princess Lili’uokalani’s famous 1878 song rang in my head as I returned to Honolulu…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– As we ring in 2022, the Golden State will take significant steps toward reducing plastic pollution and reforming our criminal justice system—thanks to legislation I authored…
Show-stopping musicians Melanie DeMore—who is a three-time Grammy Award nominee—and renowned theater, musical, and television performerAmy Meyers brought music and singing to The Academy’s garden on Tuesday, December 14, when…
By Elisa Quinzi– Infused with ideals and values born from experience and understanding, we are encouraged to initiate conversations that matter. Bringing together a genuine curiosity about people and the…
Still Life (fiction) by Sarah Winman Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar…
By Julie Peri– Are you tired of dropping screws? We have a trick for you! Stop losing screws by magnetizing your screwdriver. To do this you just need a screwdriver…
(This series of profiles from the California Academy of Sciences New Science exhibit tells first-person stories of LGBTQ+ women and gender minorities of color working in STEMM—science, technology, engineering, math,…
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